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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014
Est. 1866 Phone 769 7900
Daylight robbery
in Hokitika
A handbag was stolen from a
Hokitika house in broad daylight
yesterday while the homeowner was
working outside with the doors left
open. Between 11.30am and 3pm
an opportunist thief sneaked inside
the Revell Street house and stole
the bag o a couch. Police were
today advising people not to leave
their doors open, even if they are
busy outside.
Spa repairs
nocturnal
Contractors involved in stripping
the damaged tiles o the spa at
the Greymouth aquatic centre
have been operating at night due
to the dirty and noisy work. e
spa --- used for both recreation and
hydro-therapy --- was emptied on
May 16 last year due to lifting tiles
and has been closed since. Grey
District Council chief executive
Paul Pretorius said the tiles had
all been stripped o but the walls
and oor of the pool would have to
be resealed and given time to dry
before new ones could be tted.
He was unsure how long the work
would take but said the aim was
to get the pool open as soon as
possible.
A mother was stopped in the
street with her daughter by police
because they had received a call
from someone else to say she was
"too cold". Paula Andrew was
playing on the promenade with her
nine-month-old daughter Maddy
when a police van and two o cers
turned up and began to question
her. e nutritionist, 43, was told
an anonymous 111 call had alleged
her baby daughter looked cold. Mrs
Andrew, was with her daughter on
the promenade, while her nancier
husband Mike, 49, was sur ng o
the beach at Scarborough. She
had been out of the car for less
than 10 minutes when the police
arrived. Mrs Andrew, who lives
in Scarborough, said: "It can take
more than an hour for police to
turn up if I call in complaining
about yobs at the back of my house
and sometimes they don't attend at
all, but an anonymous call can send
them racing to the promenade."
--- Daily Mail
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19°
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(Supplied by Nelson Weather Service) Doctors call hospital meeting
Laura Mills
e doctors' union has invited other
unions to attend a meeting next week
amid growing concerns over changed
plans for a new Greymouth Hospital.
e business case for the
$60 million rebuild lodged with the
Government last May was released
to the Greymouth Star just before
Christmas, with most of the nancial
information blotted out.
It stated clearly that secondary
(hospital) services would be
downgraded, while in a covering letter
National Health Board acting national
director Michael Hundleby cautioned
that "signi cant components of the
business case have been superseded"
and that the ministry and the West
Coast District Health Board were
"currently exploring an alternative
option for the delivery of the
Greymouth facility".
at prompted Grey Base Hospital
senior doctor Paul Holt to write an
opinion piece in the Greymouth
Star, saying it now appeared the
Government was overruling local
health experts.
He called on the minister or Ministry
of Health to allay fears. Both have
since been silent on the criticism.
However, the Association of Salaried
Medical Specialists has called a
meeting in Greymouth on Tuesday
night prompted, the newspaper
understands, by growing concerns
about the rebuild plans.
In a separate development,
West Coast-Tasman MP Damien
O'Connor, who has also read the
business case, has called on the
Government "to be honest about
West Coast health services and the
redevelopment".
He said the business case "leaves as
many questions as it provides answers".
Mr O'Connor said he understood
the West Coast DHB had requested
$78m for a new hospital, but got only
$60m by way of a loan.
at left the board " oundering as to
how it will bridge the gap".
Health Minister Tony Ryall said
today Mr O'Connor was a member
of the previous government "who did
nothing about rebuilding Grey Base
Hospital".
" e National Government is
committed to future-proo ng health
services on the West Coast and is
building a new Grey Base Hospital.
I am disappointed Mr O'Connor
is always knocking the West Coast
DHB," Mr Ryall said.
" e electorate vote will be a tight
race and it's clear he thinks constantly
bad mouthing the DHB will give him
media coverage.
"I predict you will see more of this
politicking this year."
e business case released just
before Christmas said there would be
a "lower level of secondary (hospital)
service" at the new hospital, and there
would be more patient transfers and
telemedicine.
Hokitika
Races
all smiles
Paul McBride
A large crowd of close to
2000 people gathered at the
picturesque Hokitika Racecourse
yesterday for a successful annual
Westland Racing Club meeting.
Fine weather, competitive
racing, a pleasing turnover and a
good-sized crowd set the scene
for the last day of the West
Coast New Year racing circuit.
With an eight-race programme
yesterday compared with 10
races a year ago, the turnover
was good at $80,438 on-course
compared with $87,615 a year
ago. O -course TAB turnover
was down from $660,705 to
$484,445.
"Considering it was an eight-
race programme the on-course
turnover was amazing," club
secretary Colin Stevenson said.
" e meeting was hugely
successful and people were
happy and enjoying themselves.
e weather was great, the
racing was rst class and we had
a good turnout."
e Kevin Myers-trained Our
Alchemist, ridden by David
Walsh, took out the feature
race, the $20,000 West Coast
Scrap and Steel Miss Scenicland
Stakes, completing a successful
circuit for the Whanganui
stable.
Firefighters save 108-year-old Karamea Hotel
Viv Logie
Part of the historic Karamea Village
Hotel could be out of action for a few
days after a kitchen re this morning
spread up a wall and tore through the
roof.
Karamea chief re o cer Ed
Tinomana said it was "a good save".
"When sta arrived at work this
morning they turned on the vat to
start cooking for breakfast and this is
where the re began (about 7am)," Mr
Tinomana said.
ere was "quite a bit" of damage and
he expected that the kitchen would be
out of action for "at least" a few days.
"As well, we had to rip part of the roof
o the building after the re got into
the ceiling."
e hotel was established in
1876, however the Greymouth Star
understands that the original burned
down and was replaced with the current
building in 1906.
Owner Diana Store, who was in
Motueka at the time of the blaze, has
invested heavily in restoring the hotel
to its former glory. She could not be
contacted for comment this morning as
she was travelling back to Karamea.
In 2011 the Karamea Village Hotel
was judged best country hotel by
Hospitality New Zealand.
PICTURE: May Chalmers
Volunteer re ghters from Karamea and Little Wanganui tear the iron from the Karamea Village Hotel roof after a re this morning.
PICTURE: Paul McBride
Warm skies and a large crowd of about 2000 painted the perfect scene for the Westland Racing Club annual meeting yesterday at the Hokitika Racecourse, the
'Ellerslie of the South' as the only track in the South Island to race clockwise. Ikamatua jockey Lisa McGregor, far right, with a round to go took out this race, the
Motels of Hokitika Maiden, with the rank outsider All Ginga. ¬ Photo feature, p8.
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